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Download full textVaugrante, Christiane – 1970
The measurement of the evolution of illiteracy is the focus of this study. An elementary method for estimating the short-term evolution of the number of illiterates forms the subject of the first part of this analysis. This method is based on the demographic growth rate, the product of the school system and past trends. The second part is devoted…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Age
Bhola, H. S. – 1985
In Malawi, adult literacy deserves immediate attention in order to promote health, family planning, and productivity. While policy commitment for adult literacy promotion has not been lacking, intensified action has been. In 1979 the government accepted the Unesco Mission Report to undertake a functional literacy program on the successful…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development
Bhola, H. S. – 1973
The document was prepared as part of a UNESCO contract to train 16 counterpart officials of UNESCO-sponsored literacy projects. Functional literacy was studied in three parts, all dealing with the total planning process. First was project planning. Literacy projects must consider national educational plans and be related to relevant economic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives
Dumont, Bernard – 1973
With a view to making literacy an integral part of the economic and social development program of Mali, the study represents the third project of the Experimental World Literacy Program which began with functional literacy pilot projects in Tanzania and Iran. A critical report of the implementation of the pilot project in Mali, it contains a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, African Culture, Basic Skills
Fourie, J. J. – 1978
The number of illiterates in Africa is increasing, thereby lending urgency to the need for universal adult education and functional literacy compaigns, according to chapter 1 of this detailed research report. Chapter 2 discusses the meaning, history, and nature of adult education in other countries (briefly), and in Africa (in greater detail).…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies
KIDD, J. ROBY – 1967
A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE FEASIBILITY OF CANADIAN ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING NATIONS IN THE WORLD LITERACY CAMPAIGN. NEEDS FOR SPECIALIZED PERSONNEL, MASS MEDIA SERVICES, LITERATURE BUREAUS AND LIBRARIES, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, AUDIOVISUAL AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, AND PROVISION FOR TEACHER EDUCATION, WOMEN'S EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH AND…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Consultants, Cooperative Planning, Developing Nations
